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Features and admins

By E, 28 May 2007

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Forty-eight articles were promoted to featured status last week: Taiwanese aborigines (nom), Princess Alice of Battenberg (nom), Iridion 3D (nom), System Shock (nom), Jihad (song) (nom), Jurassic Park (film) (nom), Mendip Hills (nom), Tulsa, Oklahoma (nom), Ben Gurion International Airport (nom), Guinea pig (nom) , Toronto Raptors (nom), Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (nom), Manos: The Hands of Fate (nom), Kate Bush (nom), Homer's Enemy (nom), 1998 Pacific hurricane season (nom), Turkish language (nom), The Bus Uncle (nom), Fighting in ice hockey (nom), Bart King (nom), Pontiac's Rebellion (nom), Eye (cyclone) (nom), Conatus (nom), Samuel Adams (nom), Mom and Dad (nom), École Polytechnique massacre (nom), Cameroon (nom), Russian-Circassian War (nom), York City F.C. (nom), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (nom), Equipartition theorem (nom), Uncle Tom's Cabin (nom), Quatermass II (nom), Original Stories from Real Life (nom), "She Shoulda Said 'No'!" (nom), Kung Fu Hustle (nom), Search engine optimization (nom), Daylight saving time (nom), Shen Kuo (nom), Indonesia (nom), Tech Tower (nom), Miranda Otto (nom), Sarah Trimmer (nom), Rich Girl (Gwen Stefani song) (nom), John Martin Scripps (nom), Madlax (nom), Anne of Denmark (nom) and Bradley Joseph (nom).

Four articles were de-featured last week: Dayuan (nom), Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (nom), Xiangqi (nom) and Montréal-Mirabel International Airport (nom).

Two lists were promoted to featured status last week: List of World Heavyweight Champions (WWE) (nom) and List of family relations in the National Hockey League (nom).

Two topics were promoted to featured status last week: Solar System (nom) and Final Fantasy VIII (nom).

One featured portal, Portal:Fish (nom) was promoted to featured status last week.

No sounds were promoted to featured status last week.

The following featured articles were displayed last week on the Main Page as Today's featured article: Ellis Paul, Jerusalem, Tornado, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Diplodocus, Simeon I of Bulgaria, and Calvin Coolidge.

The following featured pictures were displayed last week on the Main Page as picture of the day: Poison gas in World War I, Montserrat (mountain), Cactus, Toledo, Spain, Lake Mapourika, Man and Limburger cheese.

Two pictures were promoted to featured status last week:

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  Lion
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  Whirlpool Galaxy

Administrators

Two users were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week:

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Bots

Two bots were approved to begin operating this week: Template:Boa ... Template:Boa.

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